From: Jon Ference <jonf911@aol.comSPAMu2> Subject: [PW!][LEAGUE] Jon vs. Christopher! Round Four! Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 12:15 PM P,OTPW!: Jon was battling a sailor. He was about to call his second Pokemon... AND NOW... ---------- Pokemon Wars! League! Jon vs. Christopher! Round Four! Indigo Plateau! ---------- Jon was half-cocked throwing his Pokeball when the loudspeaker startled him. "ROUND 4 TRAINERS TO THEIR FIELDS!" Jon stopped his throwing motion and pulled open his Pokedex. "Trainer Jon. Round 4. Rock Field." Remembering he couldn't be late, Jon waved a hasty goodbye to his one-time opponent. Pulling a Usagi, he was at the trainer's entrance in minutes. The previous battle was just beginning, so for the first time in the games he had an opportunity to consider his Pokemon. "Jolteon. Onix, and Dugtrio. Butterfree. Ninetales, and Vulpix. 6." He was looking aimlessly at his Onix's Pokeball when something clicked inside him. He released his Butterfree and administered a Super Potion to it, to wash away the effects of the previous battle. Jon took the time to pat Butterfree on the head and reward it for its good work earlier. --- Cinnabar Pokemon Lab Along with an Arcanine and some lab staff, a Dragonite, an Alakazam, and a Pidgeot were camped in front of the TV. It was, of course, tuned to the League games. --- A league secretary popped her head in. "Jon? Ready to go?" Jon nodded. Walking out into the rock stadium, he realized this was perhaps the most important battle of his life. He'd need to win here to have a shot at a win. The full force of the bright Indigo noon hit Jon hard. From the first row on the left could be heard, "LADDIE! Ahoy! WIN IT!" Jon smiled as he recognized the sailor from earlier. --- Christopher sighed as he entered the arena. Livin la Vida NPC was hard. He'd lost 3 battles, and hadn't even received credit as a trainer in any of them, losing to Lorelei, Lance, and Atoshi. He was going to give this prettyboy trainer Jon a match to remember. Stepping up to the Red trainer's box, Christopher resolved Jon wasn't going anywhere without a tough battle... --- Jon stepped onto the Green trainer's box. He released Vulpix onto the trainer's box, and grabbed a Pokeball. He whipped it into the rocky surface. --- Christopher looked at his Pokeballs. The writer was going to have to be creative here. "Go! Graveler!" --- Jon's Pokeball choice revealed his Dugtrio. --- The announcer, this time, was not as happy go lucky. It seemed the PL had hired Ben Stein. "Green trainer calls Dugtriio. Red trainer calls Graveler. Go." The official dropped his flags. Jon was eager to take this match home. "Dugtrio! Go..err... use your...Dig attack!" "Graveler! Rock throw!" Jon's Dugtrio digs quickly into the rock surface, while the Graveler launched itself at the Dugtrio's last known position. Upon not hitting a target, it became confused and as such an easy target for the Dugtrio upon its reentrance to the field. However, the Graveler's rock hard defense prevented Jon from a major point score. "Grr... Graveler, Rock slide!" "Dugtrio! Use your...Earthquake!" The Graveler lept backwards in preparation for its attack. It threw itself towards the Dugtrio, and might have ko'd it hadn't the Dugtrio begun to jostle the ground. The Graveler was thrown off from its attack. Christopher began to steam. He should be winning, not losing. "RETURN, Graveler! Here we go!" Jon smiled. He was getting to his opponent. However, Christopher stopped before returning his Graveler. Instead, he ordered another Rock Slide. "Rock slide, Graveler!" Jon was taken completely by surprise with this move. It was too late to order Dugtrio out of the way, but somehow the ground Pokemon knew to evade the attack. Jon smiled as it came up, knocking the Rock Pokemon off its feet. The flags person signalled a Green Win. Christopher sighed and recalled Graveler for real. Jon did likewise with Dugtrio, sending instead Vulpix. "This is your turn, little buddy! Use the rocks to your advantage!" Christopher saw this chance and took advantage. "Go, Gyarados! Bite that fluff ball into submission!" Jon was taken aback by this aggressive move. "Vulpix, confuse ray!" The atrocious Pokemon was upon the smaller one as it launched its confuse ray. Vulpix was able to escape with little damage, and its confuse ray hit the mark. The confused Gyarados began to go nuts, writhing all over the field. Jon was forced to recall his Pokemon for fear of losing it. "Christopher leads 2 to 1. Wow." Jon looked at his choices again. In one moment, he made his choice. "You gotta do it! Onix!" Jon hoped the rock snake would profit as a choice. As the referee waited for the Gyarados to stop its confusion, Jon's Onix reared back and waited. The referee, after two minutes of seeing nothing but a writhing Gyarados, dropped his flag signalling the match was tied. Christopher again was forced to recall his Pokemon. "Go! Hypno!" Jon's Onix easily dwarfed the psi Pokemon, which looked at Onix menacingly. Jon ordered a Screech, which Onix fulfilled by letting out a high-pitched whistle that made the crowd cover their ears. "Hypno! Psychic!" The psi launched a powerful attack that sent the rock snake reeling. Jon knew his Pokemon was nearly out. "Finish that thing, Onix! Bind!" The snake wrapped Hypno tightly. When it was done, the Hypno fell to the ground... fainted. The referee dropped the flag, signalling Onix had won. "Jon wins. Wow." Christopher couldn't believe it. He fell to his knees and screamed. In a rage, he threw his Graveler's Pokeball as close to Jon's trainer stand as possible. "EXPLOSION!" he yelled. Jon recalled his Onix and dove off the platform as the Graveler appeared, glowing. The blast blew the trainer's platform off its stanchions, and sent rocks flying into the first row of the audience. Fully expecting to be physically attacked, Jon stood up as soon as possible to look for Christopher. In the dust, Jon could see several Pokemon league officials running. When it cleared, Jon could see to the other side of the field. Christopher was being restrained... by the sailor! He let out a hearty laugh, as Jon did, when the League officials arrived. --- Cinnabar Pokemon Lab The lab techs are chest-bumping, while Jon's Pokemon are dancing. They know Kudos will go to their lab for raising Onix and Diglett so well. --- League Office: Later: "Trainer Christopher. You're receiving a warning for this. You'll be allowed to receive your awards as a competitor, and you may keep your license this time. But next time... it's the trash can." Lance motioned to his neck as he dismissed the young trainer. --- Jon sat in a cafe outside of Indigo stadium, awaiting the results on who would make it to the finals. His 7 points would definitely put him in the running... but it might not be enough. TBC? Oh yeah! -------- Sig v.1.7A Deathclock says I die June 23, 2059. AGNP welcome person ICQ: 32262691 'zine members.xoom.com/pokezine 773+ Posts to AGNP A "JAGshipper"